Summer In Autumn

A cumulonimbus cloud billows from behind trees that have already dropped most of their leaves around 5:30 PM on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. The approaching thundershower, fueled by a cold front overrunning low-80-degree temperatures, created high winds, rain and some lightning. The radar signature of a long diagonal line of storms moving across the state of Iowa--of which this was a part--appeared very much summer-like. This view looks northwest from Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids.